Driving without English?

We’ve all read about the hazards of driving while Latino (or African American), but is it possible to be ticketed for not speaking English? According to the Dallas Morning News article, it is. In fact, 39 drivers were ticketed in a 3 year period. Hmm, I guess we don’t want to habla espanol in Tejas these days.

The point here is not so much that this is just completely ridiculous–which it of course is–there is not official language and it is NOT illegal to speak a language other than English. However, this report points to a serious issue–if this can happen in Dallas, where there is a robust Latino population, what does it say about the rest of the U.S.?